Universal backing for stand on racists
Phil Baty reports on fierce debate at Natfhe's annual conference Lecturers' union Natfhe will support unreservedly any member who refuses to teach, or to work with, any known member of the British...
Search
-
-
New degree is a 'cheap and inferior con'
Phil Baty reports on fierce debate at Natfhe's annual conference Foundation degrees are a "con on working-class people", the Natfhe conference agreed. Delegates threw out parts of a motion that gave...
-
Call to merge praised
Phil Baty reports on fierce debate at Natfhe's annual conference The president of the Association of University Teachers won a standing ovation when she called for one union for the higher education...
-
Integrity is not safe in hands of 'crass' government
Phil Baty reports on fierce debate at Natfhe's annual conference The government will destroy the integrity of higher education if its white paper becomes law, Natfhe claimed at its annual conference...
-
Whistleblowers: High Court urged to quash Ofsted report
A mature student plans to ask the High Court to tear up an Ofsted inspection report on his former college, claiming that some of its findings are "perverse and irrational" and that inspectors failed...
-
Call for foreign scholars to take anti-terror oath
The Commons science and technology committee is keen to introduce a Hippocratic-style oath for scientists to aid the fight against terrorism. At an evidence session on the scientific response to...
-
Academy to take lead role
Newcastle College is to build the UK's largest further education music, performance and media centre at its Rye Hill campus. The £19 million fame academy, funded by the Learning and Skills Council...
-
EC's £107m bid to avoid animal testing
The European Commission is planning to spend €150 million (£107 million) in the next decade on new science to avoid a chemical industry logjam. Thomas Hartung of the commission's joint research...
-
'Radical change' planned for RAE
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research Peer review remains at the centre of research assessment under the proposals published this week by UK funding councils....
-
'Low-cost' culture bad for science, says OST
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research Universities will have to provide detailed cost breakdowns to accompany grant applications, under proposed reforms to...
-
Universities get no cash guarantee for managing postgrads
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research The funding councils have asked universities to help them develop threshold standards for delivering postgraduate research...
-
Steep rise in foreign students forecast
About a quarter of all students in UK higher education may be from overseas by 2025 - double the current proportion, the British Council has predicted. The change could force institutions to rethink...
-
ESRC calls for skills strategy in workplace
Government policies on skills and innovation will not create an economy capable of competing effectively in the global markets, according to a new report. Robert Taylor, media fellow with the...
-
Disabled doctors enable NHS
Medics with disabilities should be welcomed by the health service, says Anne Tynan. "The attitude was to cure disabilities," David Du Bois, associate professor specialising in disability issues at...
-
Plea for joint effort to bridge English-Scottish divide
Fault lines are emerging between England and post-devolution Scotland in higher education and health, according to the principal of Dundee University. Sir Alan Langlands, former chief executive of...